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Clinical and haemato-biochemical response to epidural medetomidine and ketamine alone and in combination in Sahiwal calves

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Title Clinical and haemato-biochemical response to epidural medetomidine and ketamine alone and in combination in Sahiwal calves
 
Creator TIWARI, S K
MISHRA, O P
SHARMA, NALIN
 
Subject Anaesthetia, Calves, Epidural analgeses, Ketamine, Medetomidine
 
Description Epidural administration of medetomidine @ 20 µg/kg or ketamine @ 3mg/kg alone or in combination in 12 healthy male Sahiwal calves produced hind limb analgesia sufficient for surgical intervention. The mixture of medetomidine and ketamine produced quick onset and longer duration of analgesia in comparison to those animals where these drugs were used alone. The bradycardia, respiratory depression, ruminal stasis and other cardiopulmonary depressant effects produced by medetomidine were minimized when it was combined with ketamine. The haematological profiles of animals remained unaffected with these treatments. Significant (P
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2014-02-04
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/37536
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 72, No 4 (2002)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/37536/16817
 
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